Problem
A Fortune 500 Vacation Rental Marketplace processed millions of daily transactions - bookings, refunds, host payouts, service fees, discounts, and credits. Finance teams needed early visibility into unusual deviations that could signal risk, but anomalies were typically spotted only after reports were generated. Small errors like duplicate supplier invoices or abnormal refund ratios slipped through, compounding into larger reconciliation gaps. The missing link was a system that could continuously monitor financial data, flag anomalies in real time, and explain the underlying drivers clearly enough to act on.
Continuous Monitoring
Cimba scanned booking, payout, and expense data daily, automatically flagging deviations like “Supplier X expenses recorded twice in June” or “Refund ratio in APAC 30% higher than average.”
Contextual Explanations
Each anomaly was tied back to its drivers - e.g., “Duplicate entry recorded for Supplier A (Invoice #456, Jun 15)” or “Refund surge in Region B due to flight disruptions.”
Playbooks for Risk Rules
Controllers created playbooks for thresholds and checks (refund ratios, duplicate invoices, expense variance limits). These ran automatically, ensuring anomalies were caught consistently.
Impact
From Anomalies to Assurance
Cimba gave the finance function a live anomaly radar - ensuring issues were flagged early, explained clearly, and resolved before they became reporting or audit problems.
~30%
Reduction of Efforts in Close-cycle. Anomalies were detected and corrected earlier - cutting down last-minute adjustments.
60%+
Reduction in missed anomalies, lowering compliance risk and preventing duplicate payments or refund irregularities from escalating.
